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02-15-2018, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Davenport, IA
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Originally Posted by Scott Chastain
This works, too, if you don't mind putting local vegetation to the test with ratchet straps:
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That is awesome, gets me thinking about how big the trees are in my yard!
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Davenport, IA
RV8 Tail, Wings and most of fuse done, deep into fiberglass and wire
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02-15-2018, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Davenport, IA
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Originally Posted by BuckWynd
I used a set of heavy-duty ratchet straps to widen the support. They allowed me to spread the bar to about 26-1/4", which resulted in the desired final width of 24-3/8".
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Thanks Buck, I now know I just wasn't spreading it far enough to retain some of the stretch. The rollbar would obviously make a decent spring too!
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Mark Howell
Davenport, IA
RV8 Tail, Wings and most of fuse done, deep into fiberglass and wire
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02-15-2018, 10:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pocahontas MS
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No dog in this hunt, but y'all be careful using stretchy stuff to pull with. Those straps might not cut like a cable, but the hardware could take a major chunk out of your skull. A chain hoist would be a lot safer...
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02-15-2018, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sydney, Aust.
Posts: 820
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Originally Posted by WingRock
That is awesome, gets me thinking about how big the trees are in my yard!
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No one said it has to be your yard.... 
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02-16-2018, 04:16 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Maulburg, Germany
Posts: 14
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In Sept. 2012 I had to stretch also the windscreen support after welding two handhold (from stainless steel) to the bow.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...dzMnRnNTE4U0hB
Last edited by Karlo : 02-17-2018 at 06:53 AM.
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